There's two 68 GT500's locally. One is 100% original, has I think about 5000 miles on it, the other was a stock class drag car from day one-and still is. It has a few hundred miles on it. I know the guy somewhat well.
He's also got an original boss 9 that sits in his shop. Says it runs but the gas is so old that he has to bottle feed it. I don't remember how many miles are on it--I want to say 7200, but I may be wrong.
Speaking of GT500's. In 2007 my friend across the river called me at work and said I need a driver. Well ok, for what? Said he bought a Mustang at the Mark Martin Ford dealer, and we gotta go get it-and you (me) are driving it back home. Well ok whatever. We run up there and he done all the paperwork and all that other stuff that goes with buying a high-end car, then told me to follow him home. Ok no big deal. We get about 3/4 the way there (170 miles one way) and we stopped for pee break, I asked him what posessed him to buy that thing. He bought it for his fixing to be 16 year old daughter who loves cars, and is an avid drag racer already (Jr. Dragster). What? WHatever let's just get it home. Got it home, he drove me to the workplace, I picked my vehcile up and drove to my house. A few weeks later I seen him at the races and asked him how she liked the mustang. "She hates it". They live on one side of the town, and they gotta cross the railroad tracks to get anywhere, and she has a hard time driving a manual transmission, so she either kills it or demolishes the tires every single day going to school. She actually told her dad she's not driving it and went to driving his Ranger (automatic). The GT500 sits outside in the weather and doesn't get driven. A $50,000 car, just sitting there, rotting away. Rats have probably eaten up wiring, snakes probably living up in it, cats probably had babies in it multiple times, you get the idea.
He's also got an original boss 9 that sits in his shop. Says it runs but the gas is so old that he has to bottle feed it. I don't remember how many miles are on it--I want to say 7200, but I may be wrong.
Speaking of GT500's. In 2007 my friend across the river called me at work and said I need a driver. Well ok, for what? Said he bought a Mustang at the Mark Martin Ford dealer, and we gotta go get it-and you (me) are driving it back home. Well ok whatever. We run up there and he done all the paperwork and all that other stuff that goes with buying a high-end car, then told me to follow him home. Ok no big deal. We get about 3/4 the way there (170 miles one way) and we stopped for pee break, I asked him what posessed him to buy that thing. He bought it for his fixing to be 16 year old daughter who loves cars, and is an avid drag racer already (Jr. Dragster). What? WHatever let's just get it home. Got it home, he drove me to the workplace, I picked my vehcile up and drove to my house. A few weeks later I seen him at the races and asked him how she liked the mustang. "She hates it". They live on one side of the town, and they gotta cross the railroad tracks to get anywhere, and she has a hard time driving a manual transmission, so she either kills it or demolishes the tires every single day going to school. She actually told her dad she's not driving it and went to driving his Ranger (automatic). The GT500 sits outside in the weather and doesn't get driven. A $50,000 car, just sitting there, rotting away. Rats have probably eaten up wiring, snakes probably living up in it, cats probably had babies in it multiple times, you get the idea.
